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theanswerfinderuninstall.exe

Installer

Mime Ventures LLC

This is the Softpulse installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application theanswerfinderuninstall.exe by Mime Ventures has been detected as adware by 22 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from d1gt2niaco7ens.cloudfront.net. While running, it connects to the Internet address www.ibbalance.com on port 443.
Publisher:
Mime Ventures LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Installer

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
6a82630f9acdc380bc4d9d8e31011a2b

SHA-1:
16d958f81836bb162cde1dcb0f922b96decbb63c

SHA-256:
1439c71fc728f79ff7c2dde18756b0bf3ea4fb1dcbaeb6a0c3133159608116de

Scanner detections:
22 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The software cotains keystroke monitoring/logging capablities which may or may not be installed without the user's knowledge.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
5/6/2024 2:31:14 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.IBryte
2015.04.04

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/iBryte.plsaza
7.11.212.32

AVG
Generic
2017.0.2874

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.iBryte
4.0.3.1614

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Application.MSIL.iBryte.JA
21179

Dr.Web
Trojan.iBryte.493
9.0.1.04

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Adware.iBryte.R application
10.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/IBryte
1/4/2016

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Mplug.23
11.2016-04-01_2

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan-Spy.MSIL.Keylogger
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.197.15043

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.TheAnswerFinder.A
v2016.01.04.07

McAfee
Artemis!8124C3E2227A
5600.6530

Norman
IBryte.AJQ
11.20160104

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.3e3
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.MimeVentures.Bundler (M)
16.1.4.19

Sophos
Generic PUA GL
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0216
7.2.4

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.R02SC0OAP15
10.465.04

VIPRE Antivirus
iBryte
37814

File size:
923.7 KB (945,880 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2014

Original file name:
TheAnswerFinderInstall.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\theanswerfinder\theanswerfinderuninstall.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Mime Ventures LLC

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
10/17/2014 1:39:32 PM

Valid to:
10/18/2015 1:39:32 PM

Subject:
E=admin@theanswerfinder.com, CN=Mime Ventures LLC, OU=TheAnswerFinder.com, O=Mime Ventures LLC, L=Los Angeles, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121EDDEAF81A380FF278B94B619A213DEEE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/15/2015 2:00:58 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:FQfYtUe9SoN1UTyYTAWEsTMdF7YGpZG25VHRUi2P4dTyeTeg2eWRvOdeOauaY+f5:FQsf1VuDQ8+825He4EZgIJOcO+2UN

Entry address:
0xE4472

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9480

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
905.5 KB (927,232 bytes)

The file theanswerfinderuninstall.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://d1gt2niaco7ens.cloudfront.net/.../Installer.exe

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to www.softologic.com  (174.37.181.31:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to www.ibbalance.com  (173.192.190.227:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to stats-182385724-1591972470.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com  (54.221.252.69:80)

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